Triple

T16539186
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Darren McGavin E401775 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Lyle Richardson
William Lyle Richardson, better known as Darren McGavin, was an American actor famed for his roles in the TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and the holiday film "A Christmas Story."
 E1371048 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William Lyle Richardson | Statement: [Darren McGavin, birthName, William Lyle Richardson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Lyle Richardson
Context triple: [Darren McGavin, birthName, William Lyle Richardson]
  • A. James G. Richardson
    James G. Richardson is an actor known for his role in the film "The Sergeant."
  • B. John C. Richards
    John C. Richards is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the dark comedy film "Nurse Betty."
  • C. James E. Lillie
    James E. Lillie is an American business executive best known for his leadership role in building consumer products company Jarden Corporation into a major global enterprise.
  • D. Henry A. Stradling
    Henry A. Stradling, better known as Harry Stradling Sr., was a prominent American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films.
  • E. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William Lyle Richardson
Triple: [Darren McGavin, birthName, William Lyle Richardson]
Generated description
William Lyle Richardson, better known as Darren McGavin, was an American actor famed for his roles in the TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and the holiday film "A Christmas Story."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Lyle Richardson
Target entity description: William Lyle Richardson, better known as Darren McGavin, was an American actor famed for his roles in the TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" and the holiday film "A Christmas Story."
  • A. James G. Richardson
    James G. Richardson is an actor known for his role in the film "The Sergeant."
  • B. John C. Richards
    John C. Richards is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the dark comedy film "Nurse Betty."
  • C. James E. Lillie
    James E. Lillie is an American business executive best known for his leadership role in building consumer products company Jarden Corporation into a major global enterprise.
  • D. Henry A. Stradling
    Henry A. Stradling, better known as Harry Stradling Sr., was a prominent American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films.
  • E. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d88384bc30819084229e7dcdc39a41 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3455a98b481909e489ea7bd01570a completed April 18, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a071bc0308081908f2b98b0dec96ab6 completed May 15, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a071c8a9dec8190a4fbb88736b73912 completed May 15, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a071e0e00208190a6e05266d5bc47e2 completed May 15, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:15 a.m.